Comments on: Three Alternatives to Traditional Gift Giving

By: Ocean

Ocean — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:36:48 +0000

For those who are spirtual during this time of the year, the following gift takes thought, time, creativity and willing to part with it after all your hard work. The gift idea is to create your own set of Angel Cards. These cards are made out of plain que cards, any size you choose. Each card has a word on it and you color and draw any way you like on each card.Stencil the words or hand write them or printed. So many words can be used such as: Love, Simplicity, sincere,helpful, Music, creative, joy, abundance, Truth,Happiness, Honesty, Letting go, Dance, Heaven, and the list can go on and on…The beautiful part is that the person has this set of cards and they can shuffle them and pick a card and smile. It’s a great idea and can mean alot to someone knowing the time and effort it took you to create the deck of cards. Most important have fun creating and pour your energy into the colors and design of each card. It’s sure to send the message of love and spirituality to the person your giving it too!!!

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:26:38 +0000

Thanks for all the great ideas! I know my husband would enjoy the coupon book, and who wouldn’t want a year of cookies?

I also know quite a few people who would appreciate guilt-free tech support!

Squawkfox makes a good point, too: why wait until a holiday rolls around to share gifts or love letters? A monthly love letter (or mp3 mix from a friend) would be positively swoon-worthy!

And please, if anyone surprises you with a cool, unexpected gift, please add it in here for other readers to discover!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:55:49 +0000

For a bit of a twist on giving cookies as gifts, I’ve given a coupon for “A Year of Cookies”. The recipient was entitled to a dozen cookies, each month, for a year. I included a basic checklist of flavours/types so they could narrow down their likes and dislikes.

It’s another gift that keeps on giving throughout the year!

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:12:44 +0000

This year I did NaNoWriMo and as a result I shall be editing the first draft of my novel into a second which I shall print and bind in large print format for my father. It's the sort of thing that could go on a flash drive for a computer user too! Pauls last blog post..Seeing the light

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:54:15 +0000

This year everyone on my list is getting eco-friendly gifts. I’m either giving reusable shopping bags, or reusable produce bags (made of organic cotton so you don’t have to use the store’s plastic ones).

The reusable bags I’m giving are around $10 each, and each cotton produce bag is around $4.

And, no wrapping needed!